The Cup of Our Life

Joyce Rupp's bestselling contemporary classic has sold over 200,000 copies. This new edition continues a fifteen-year tradition of helping individuals and groups pray.

Now with a new preface and fresh design, The Cup of Our Life is available to anyone seeking a more intimate and disciplined life of prayer. Joyce Rupp, the bestselling Catholic woman writer today, illustrates how the ordinary cups used each day can become sacred vessels that connect readers with life and bring them into closer union with the Divine. She explores how the cup is a rich symbol of life, with its emptiness and fullness, its brokenness and flaws, and its many blessings. With daily devotions for six weeks, this book is ideal for individual usage as well as group usage in parish settings, religious communities, and small Christian communities.

"Joyce Rupp is one of the best Christian spiritual guides writing today." —James Martin, S.J., Author of My Life with the Saints

"Joyce Rupp's value as a guide for the spiritual journey is without question." —Paula D'Arcy, Author of Sacred Threshold

"Joyce Rupp reminds us that images in our daily lives have much to say about our spiritual and emotional longings, if we make the time to listen." —Rita Larivee, S.S.A., Publisher of National Catholic Reporter and Celebration

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The Cup of Our Life

Joyce Rupp's bestselling contemporary classic has sold over 200,000 copies. This new edition continues a fifteen-year tradition of helping individuals and groups pray.

Now with a new preface and fresh design, The Cup of Our Life is available to anyone seeking a more intimate and disciplined life of prayer. Joyce Rupp, the bestselling Catholic woman writer today, illustrates how the ordinary cups used each day can become sacred vessels that connect readers with life and bring them into closer union with the Divine. She explores how the cup is a rich symbol of life, with its emptiness and fullness, its brokenness and flaws, and its many blessings. With daily devotions for six weeks, this book is ideal for individual usage as well as group usage in parish settings, religious communities, and small Christian communities.

"Joyce Rupp is one of the best Christian spiritual guides writing today." —James Martin, S.J., Author of My Life with the Saints

"Joyce Rupp's value as a guide for the spiritual journey is without question." —Paula D'Arcy, Author of Sacred Threshold

"Joyce Rupp reminds us that images in our daily lives have much to say about our spiritual and emotional longings, if we make the time to listen." —Rita Larivee, S.S.A., Publisher of National Catholic Reporter and Celebration

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The Cup of Our Life

The Cup of Our Life

by Joyce Rupp
The Cup of Our Life

The Cup of Our Life

by Joyce Rupp

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Joyce Rupp's bestselling contemporary classic has sold over 200,000 copies. This new edition continues a fifteen-year tradition of helping individuals and groups pray.

Now with a new preface and fresh design, The Cup of Our Life is available to anyone seeking a more intimate and disciplined life of prayer. Joyce Rupp, the bestselling Catholic woman writer today, illustrates how the ordinary cups used each day can become sacred vessels that connect readers with life and bring them into closer union with the Divine. She explores how the cup is a rich symbol of life, with its emptiness and fullness, its brokenness and flaws, and its many blessings. With daily devotions for six weeks, this book is ideal for individual usage as well as group usage in parish settings, religious communities, and small Christian communities.

"Joyce Rupp is one of the best Christian spiritual guides writing today." —James Martin, S.J., Author of My Life with the Saints

"Joyce Rupp's value as a guide for the spiritual journey is without question." —Paula D'Arcy, Author of Sacred Threshold

"Joyce Rupp reminds us that images in our daily lives have much to say about our spiritual and emotional longings, if we make the time to listen." —Rita Larivee, S.S.A., Publisher of National Catholic Reporter and Celebration


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781933495316
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Publication date: 04/30/2012
Edition description: Revised ed.
Pages: 194
Sales rank: 113,656
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Joyce Rupp is well known for her work as a writer, spiritual "midwife," international retreat leader, and conference speaker. She is a member of the Servite (Servants of Mary) community and the author of numerous bestselling books, including Open the Door and Fragments of Your Ancient Name.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction 1

Week I The Cup of Life 11

Week II The Open Cup 31

Week III The Chipped Cup 51

Week IV The Broken Cup 73

Week V The Cup of Compassion 95

Week VI The Blessing Cup 117

Group Gatherings 139

Music Resources 163

Bibliography 167

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